Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Genevieve Shubeck. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1126
Ra Malika Imhotep: "an armistice between my dea...
4 min
1127
Max Eastman: "X Rays"
4 min
1128
Alice Corbin Henderson: "From the Stone Age"
4 min
1129
Camonghne Felix: "Dearly Departed, Again I Drea...
3 min
1130
Chloe Honum: "Devonport"
2 min
1131
Corrie Lynn White: "After Striving"
2 min
1132
Destiny Hemphill: "our own names"
3 min
1133
Diana Marie Delgado: "People to Run From"
3 min
1134
Alfred Kreymborg: "Dance"
2 min
1135
Elizabeth Bishop: "Behind Stowe"
3 min
1136
Erin Rose Coffin: "Remembering Our First Parties"
2 min
1137
Fred L. Joiner: "Sikasso Snow"
2 min
1138
Hafizah Augustus Geter: "Praise Song"
3 min
1139
Ina Cariño: "Everything is Exactly the Same as ...
3 min
1140
Nabila Lovelace: "Ars Poetica"
2 min
1141
Countee Cullen: "Confession"
2 min
1142
Charlotte Mew: "The Forest Road"
8 min
1143
A. H. Jerriod Avant: "Who Can Govern Themselves...
3 min
1144
K. D. Harryman: "Whipping"
2 min
1145
Karisma Price: "Castnet Seafood"
4 min
1146
Matthew Wimberley: "Materials for a Gravestone ...
4 min
1147
Paige Lewis: "I'm Not Faking My Astonishment, H...
2 min
1148
John Crowe Ransom: "Winter Remembered"
3 min
1149
Léonie Adams: "A Gull Goes Up"
3 min
1150
Renia White: "off the shore of oneself as in . ...
2 min